A Map of World Billionaires and How They Make Money
How do billionaires get so rich in the first place? And how likely is it that you’ll become one too someday? This handy map can tell you.
The five categories of wealth origin are:
- Inherited
- Company founders
- Executives
- Political connections and resource related
- Financial sector
Unsurprisingly, the US, which is the world’s largest economy, has 30 per cent of the world’s billionaires.
In comparison, the UK has just 2.8 per cent of the world’s billionaires, with the majority of them acquiring their vast wealth through working as executives.
While that may seem small, you could argue the average person is a lot more likely to become a billionaire here in the UK than in Denmark, where 83.3 per cent of billionaires inherited their wealth.
In fact, the UK is one of the few European countries where inheritance isn't the number one reason - Germany comes in at 64.7 per cent and Sweden is a close third.
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